[New Brunswick, Canada] Brothers who gave $50K for palliative care room at nursing home learn tough lesson

[New Brunswick, Canada] Brothers who gave $50K for palliative care room at nursing home learn tough lesson
CBC News; by Hannah Rudderham; 6/20/25
Von Weiler family's gift in dad's memory taken apart and moved without notice... Brothers Alan and Glenn von Weiler of Saint John say they'll be more careful about future donations and ask more questions. The moment brothers Alan and Glenn von Weiler saw the palliative care room at their father's former nursing home — created in his memory — was one for the books, they say. "I think my dad would have been so happy," Glenn said. "My dad believed in giving back to the community. He did that all his life, and now he was able to do it posthumously." But just over a year after they saw the new palliative care room at the Fundy Nursing Home in Blacks Harbour, the brothers have a sour taste in their mouths. They learned from staff at the home that the room has been taken apart.
Publisher's note: While this story occurred in Canada, it's an important reminder to honor donor wishes.